Central Visayas law and order

Central Visayas officials, especially the local government units, including its legislative councils, must not just remain an idle spectator of the unchecked and uncontrolled breakdown of law and order of the region.

Murders should not be taken as normal incidents; these are attacks on the institution given with the sacred task of maintaining law and order, the Philippine National Police (PNP).

The regional director must explain to the people of Central Visayas whether he has the capacity to address this problem of almost daily murders and assassinations. It is always a question of leadership, never of membership. Therefore the solution must come from him.

Always remember this, the authority of the regional director comes from the people of this region, not the other way around.

Long live the people of Central Visayas.--Atty. Clarence Paul V. Oaminal, former vice chairman, Dangerous Drugs Board and former Faculty Club president, PNP Regional Training School 7

Understanding mental impairment

That video of bullies caught beating up a boy and then pushing him into a dirty estero showed the need for people to understand mental impairment and how to treat them.

There are many of these mentally challenged people roaming the city’s streets. They often commit misdemeanors when not attended to and are therefore potentioal targets of physical abuse.

The better move is of course for the government to round them up and provide them with sheltar and care, especially if they no longer have relatives that can give them refuge.

What are the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the social welfare offices of local government units (LGUs) doing about this.

It’s good that the police found time to look for the said “bullies.” The ball now is in the hands of DSWD and LGUs.--Francis